diff --git a/sources/titleblock/templateview.cpp b/sources/titleblock/templateview.cpp
index 096f96c0f..b41881d82 100644
--- a/sources/titleblock/templateview.cpp
+++ b/sources/titleblock/templateview.cpp
@@ -999,20 +999,34 @@ void TitleBlockTemplateView::updateDisplayedMinMaxWidth()
 	int max_width = tbtemplate_ -> maximumWidth();
 
 	QString min_max_width_sentence;
-	if (max_width != -1) {
+	if (min_width != -1 && max_width != -1) {
 		min_max_width_sentence = QString(
 			tr(
 				"Longueur minimale : %1px\nLongueur maximale : %2px\n",
 				"tooltip showing the minimum and/or maximum width of the edited template"
 			)
 		).arg(min_width).arg(max_width);
-	} else {
+	} else if (min_width != -1) {
 		min_max_width_sentence = QString(
 			tr(
 				"Longueur minimale : %1px\n",
 				"tooltip showing the minimum width of the edited template"
 			)
 		).arg(min_width);
+	} else if (max_width != -1) {
+		min_max_width_sentence = QString(
+			tr(
+				"Longueur maximale : %1px\n",
+				"tooltip showing the maximum width of the edited template"
+			)
+		).arg(max_width);
+	} else {
+		min_max_width_sentence = QString(
+			tr(
+				"Longueur non contrainte.\n",
+				"tooltip shown when the edited template has neither a minimum nor a maximum width constraint"
+			)
+		);
 	}
 
 	// the tooltip may also display the split label for readability purpose
diff --git a/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp b/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
index 63a3631a6..1e9b45a41 100644
--- a/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
+++ b/sources/titleblocktemplate.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
-#include <limits>
 /**
 	@brief TitleBlockTemplate::TitleBlockTemplate
 	Constructor
@@ -980,11 +979,10 @@ int TitleBlockTemplate::minimumWidth()
 	if (denominator <= 0.0) {
 		// The relative-to-total-length columns alone already consume
 		// 100% (or more) of the available width, so the formula above
-		// would divide by zero (or go negative). If there are no
-		// absolute-width columns, there is no meaningful minimum width
-		// to enforce; if there are, the template is asking for more
-		// than 100% of its own width, which cannot be satisfied.
-		return abs_total > 0 ? std::numeric_limits<int>::max() : 0;
+		// would divide by zero (or go negative). There is no finite
+		// minimum width this formula can determine. Report "no
+		// constraint", the same convention maximumWidth() uses.
+	return -1;
 	}
 
 	return(qRound(abs_total / denominator));